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Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock “Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They’re preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their waka,” Scotty Morrison, alongside veteran journalist Tini Molyneux, told...

John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world

Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from...

Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?

Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war,...

NZ rallies protest over Israeli killings of children as world condemns latest school ‘bloody massacre’

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a large rally in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today strongly condemned...

Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work

"We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel. It was born in sin, and...

Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges: An age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation

By David Robie This keynote commentary at the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference with the theme Change, Adaptation and Culture: Media and...

Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and...

How the ‘voice of the voiceless’ kaupapa became derailed at the Pacific Media Centre

By David Robie, founding director of the Pacific Media Centre It really is bizarre. After 26 months of wrangling, stakeholders’ representations and appeals by the...

Media freedom: A West Papuan human rights journalism case study

By David Robie Media freedom means journalism can "shape and spread values, defuse tensions, and counter hate-speech". Through its capacity to investigate, challenge, and question...

Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre under spotlight following David Robie’s departure

One of AUT’s Pacific research centres has been without a director since the end of 2020 and a lack of clarity around its future...

The future of the Pacific Media Centre – David Robie talks to Radio 531pi

By Ma'a Brian Sagala Radio 531pi's Ma'a Brian Sagala talks to the retired founding director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, and Tahitian...